Melitid amphipods are shrimp-like crustaceans found worldwide. The newly classified Melita panda-- named after the charismatic mammal -- was first found in the 1990s. Details of the discovery and ...
It was a small, black and white creature similar to a shrimp. Yamato collected the animal but it was never formally identified. Now, a study of the animal’s DNA has revealed it’s a species new to ...
Atlantic Productions for Discovery Channel The explorers believe they have discovered four new species of prawn-like crustaceans called amphipods The first dive to the bottom of the Mariana Trench ...
Like these. They're crustaceans called amphipods. And some individuals can grow up to 30 centimeters long, or about the size of an American football. Now, like lobsters, these animals have hard ...
Previous work by Professor Ford has demonstrated that small shrimp-like crustaceans called amphipods that graze on seaweeds in Langstone Harbor have low sperm counts. Research by the University of ...
“Its gnathopods, which are claws that extend from the second thoracic segment, sit more forward than other Melita amphipods, covering another one of its appendages,” researchers said.
Within them, researchers spotted squat lobsters, sea urchins, and small crustaceans known as amphipods. Additional specimens were collected to test their genetics and confirm whether certain ...